{"id":4464,"date":"2021-06-15T18:34:29","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T01:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/?post_type=interviewees&#038;p=4464"},"modified":"2021-06-15T18:34:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T01:34:31","slug":"mark-roques","status":"publish","type":"interviewees","link":"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/interviewees\/mark-roques\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Roques"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mark Roques is Director of <a href=\"https:\/\/thinkfaith.net\/realitybites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RealityBites<\/a> part of the<a href=\"https:\/\/thinkfaith.net\/realitybites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> ThinkingFaithNetwork<\/a> based in Leeds in the UK. He is an author, philosopher and storyteller. He has debated with atheists on Premier Christian Radio and appeared on Channel 4, BBC World Service and the Australian ABC network. Mark taught philosophy and Religious Education for many years and has recently authored the course\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/thinkfaith.net\/realitybites\/blog\/confident-imaginative\">Slave Chronicles and Dangerous Beliefs: Discipling Others through Creative Storytelling<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>He is passionate about imaginative and engaging discipleship. You can follow his Tweets at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markroques?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@MarcRoques<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Roques is Director of RealityBites part of the ThinkingFaithNetwork based in Leeds in the UK. He is an author, philosopher and storyteller. He has debated with atheists on Premier Christian Radio and appeared on Channel 4, BBC World Service and the Australian ABC network. 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